The day after anti-government protesters successfully prevented millions of Thai citizens from voting in a general election that the main opposition party boycotted‚ expats living in the country were said by their financial advisers to be coming to terms with the prospect of continued political turmoil.
State Street Corporation has set up an office in Shanghai to provide alternative investment servicing solutions to its hedge fund clients.
After decades of disappointments following the 1990 market crash‚ Japanese equities have returned an astonishing 82% (Topix Index) in Yen terms over the past 15 months.
Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission has reminded all licensed firms to ensure compliance with regulations of both local and other jurisdictions while conducting cross-border business activities.
Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission has begun a public consultation on plans to amend its real estate investment trust rules to create greater investment flexibility.
Hong Kongs Court of First Instance has overturned the acquittals of Pacific Sun Advisors and its director Andrew Mantel after the city’s financial watchdog successfully argued it was based on legal errors.
The Monetary Authority of Singapore is to allow eligible financial institutions to apply for a licence permitting them to invest in China’s onshore securities market.
Haitong International Securities Group has established its first company in Singapore aiming to tap the demand for Renminbi-denominated products.
Relatives of China’s top political leaders‚ past and present‚ are among nearly 22‚000 people in China and Hong Kong whose offshore holdings have been revealed in a leaked cache of documents unveiled yesterday.
While much of the world’s wealth management industry has been focusing on the new‚ American asset-reporting law known as FATCA‚ China has quietly implemented its own set of regulations that require the country's wealthy to declare their offshore holdings.
Fullerton Fund Management a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings has opened its first office in Japan.
Manulife (International) has launched a pension scheme for workers in Macau.
